Downey declares candidacy for Sixth District Congress
Thurmont resident and retired Army major Mike Downey announced his Republican bid for Congress in 1992 at Frederick County Courthouse. He aims for the Sixth District seat held by Beverly Byron, pledging ethics reform, term limits, PAC bans, and donating 25 percent of his pay to district education while touring 50 towns in 50 days.
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Mike Downey
Thurmont
Congress
Maryland
Downey
Frederick County
Beverly Byron
Del
Thomas H. Hattery
D-4a
Byron
Frederick
Washington
Carroll
Allegany
Garrett
Howard
Montgomery
Soviet Union
United States
Mr. Downey
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Rita
Old Frederick Road
Jim Jonas
Allyson Bell
Tim Woodford
State Republican Committee
Bush
Kelly-Springfield
Cumberland
Fairchild
Hagerstown
Congressional
Weather drought scorches Frederick County crops and pastures
The six month period yielded 3.31 inches with Emmitsburg rice rain deficits. temperatures topped 100 for several days. Farmers report 35 to 40 percent losses in corn soybeans hay and pasture forage. Dairy cattle fed hay as milk prices rise but drought persists with no rain in sight per National Weather Service.
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Richard Getzandanzer
Lucille Beale
Frederick County
Terry Poole
Harold Long
Long View Farm
Thurmont
Long View
The
National
Flag flying at City Hall marks Key birthday ceremony
Frederick residents gathered as Mayor Paul Gordon and the Board of Aldermen watched Fort Detrick Honor Guard raise three flags in front of City Hall. Commander Louis Eichelberger presented a 15 star flag tied to Francis Scott Key, honoring Key’s 1779 birthday and Fort McHenry’s bombardment during the War of 1812. The ceremony noted past pole removals and new 25-foot poles approved by city commissions, with a crowd observing in reverent silence.
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U.S
Frederick
Paul Gordon
Fort Detrick
Maryland
Louis
Eichelberger
John“ R
Francis,Scott Key
Fort McHenry
Baltimore
Key
Carroll County
Supreme Court
Roger Brooke
Taney
Mr. Gordon
City Hall
Frederick County
Bilding
Board of Zoning Appeals
Historic District Commission
City
Hall
Ag Army
David Swiderski
Jamestown
New York
Gordon
Workers seek pay after ADA project delays
Workers on a lead paint removal job say they have not been paid and some checks bounced. Seven workers report waiting for wages as Roy Martin and Edgar Woodyard demand payment and satisfaction. Chief Ashton notes a separate firm has agreed to take over payments.
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ADA
Weedon
Roy “Martin
Edgar Woodyard
Ashton
School CIP hearing urged by board for $24 million plan
School officials urge county residents to attend a public hearing on the proposed capital improvement plan CIP. The board will take final action on the CIP at its September 4 meeting. The document will then be forwarded to the county committee for review.
City considers parking stickers and new enforcement plan
Aldermen weigh higher downtown resident stickers to curb parking woes while easing access for homeowners. Critics warn fees may burden low income residents. A separate shift of enforcement to the parking department is under study. The airport land-use plan gets FAA review as skateboard park safety violations persist with a two week trial to enforce rules.
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Jobson
Gordon
Airport ‘Commission
James” Grimes
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Harry Grove Stadium
Jon Kreissig
Mr. Gordon
Connecticut budget talks collapse amid tax stalemate
In Hartford Connecticut lawmakers linger on a budget crisis with talks failing over an income tax. Governor Weicker demands a new tax while a seven day interim budget looms and a shutdown of nonessential services appears likely. The Senate could not muster 18 votes to approve a budget with an income tax.
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Hartford, Conn
Connecticut
William Nickerson
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
Weicker
House
Senate
Tax league action on closing session raises oath of office issue
The motion argues that if the judge funds the taxpayers league the three commissioners would violate their oath to uphold state laws. Violating the oath could bar them from holding any office of profit or trust in this state, with penalties imposed by law.
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Taxpayers League
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Torive
Thomas Johnson
Frederick, Md
Louis Lyons News-Post
Tax League
Gea
Publishers Retail
Opossumtown Pike
Motter Ave
Rose Hill Plaza
Witar
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